Bank.



M. G. STANDLBX.

BANK.

APPLICATION PILBDAPB.. 30, 1912.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

WTNESSES Wwe@ [NI/ENTOR MEREDITH STANDL An'n'iTnn sTnTns naTnNT oTTTe-n.

MEREDITH G. STANDLEY, or CINCINNATI, oHIo.

BANK.

Application filed April 30, 1912. Serial No. 694,217.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, MEREDITH G. STAND- LEY, citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Banks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to portable banks such as are used for the accumulation of coins, and has special reference to a bank provided with novel means for preventing coins from beingy removed from th bank after being placed therein.

r1`he principal object of the invention is to provide an improved form of coin chute for use in connection with a bank of this description.

lVith the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in general of certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as'will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and speciically claimed.

in the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and Figure 1 is a side eievation of a ban-k constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a section on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. d is a section on the line 4 4, ifig. 2. Fig. 5 isa view showing a certain valve used in connection with this bank. F ig. 6 shows/a modied form of coin chute. Fig. 7 shows a second modification of the coin chute. section on the line 8 8, Fig. 7.

1n the preferred foim, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, the invention consists in a casing 10 made of any suitable metal such as sheet tin or the like and this casing may be plain or ornamental as desired. The casing is closed at its upper end permanently by a top 11 soldered or otherwise secured thereto. The lower end of the casing is I likewise providedwith a closure 12 and in the form herein illustrated this closure is held upon the casing by means of a frangible strap 13 which, in the present instance has been indicated as a band of paper or the like. Un this paper band is imprinted a promise as to the date of opening of the bank it being the intention to employ these banks in connection with a collection of subscriptions fonchurches or society dues or contribu- Fig. 8 is a tions. Of course, it will be obvious that any other suitable closure may be used. In the upper part of the casing 10 there .is provided a slot 14 for the introduction of a coin, and leading from this slot 14.- is a chute 15 which extends transversely across the casing and is open at its other end at oneside as indicated at y16. This `chute communicates with a chutev 17 which leads from this opening and extends backward along the sideof the chute.15 and terminates against the wall of the casing wherein the slot 14 is formed, the chute however belng displaced with reference to this slot. rThe chute 17 is provided with an open bottom 18 at the end adjacent the opening 141. 1n the formation of the two chutes there 1s preferably employed a singie strip of sheet metal properly stamped and cut to provide the opening and this strip of metal is bent in the manner illustrated in Figs. 3. and 4. 1n the chute 17 there is provided a valve which consists of a plate 19 having one end pivoted as at ,.20 and provided with a limit stop 21 to preventmtoo great movement of the valve when closing the chute. 1n the o eration of this form of the device the coin 1s dropped in the opening 141 and thebank tilted until the coin runs down the chute 15 to the opening 16. rihe bank is then tilted at right angles to the previous movement whereuponv the coin will fall into the chute 17 and upon further tilting of the bank the coin will pass down this chute and drop through the opening 18.

lit is preferred that the chutes 15 and 1d be positioned centrally or neariyl centrally of the width of .the casing 10 so that the casing cannot be used as a guide to slide the coin from within the bank into the opening 18 and thus into the chute 17. Consequently the only way a coin can be brought into the opening 18 after once beingv deposited in the bank is to invert the-'casing and shake the same up and down until the coin happens/ to get 1n position edgewise to the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Allg. 20, 1912. v

openlng 18 and in alinement therewith.

However, even this will not ermit the passage of the coin outward a ong the chute 17 since the lnverting of the bank will cause the valve 19 to assumethe position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, thus closing off the chute 17 from the opening 16. 1t i`s thus impossible to remo-ve a coin once it has been placed within the bank unless the bottom closure be removed.

Fig. 7. These tongues are spring metal and are soV bent that they normally engage the top of the casing 10. In this form the coin slipped through the opening 22 will slide lthrough the chute 23, then drop into the chute 24, and pass out of the open end oi' that chute, lift-ing the tongue or tongues as it passes out. Now these tongues act as closures for the mouth of the chute so that it is impossible to replace a coin inside the chute aft-er it has once been deposited in thebank.

It is to be noted that in all of the forms shown the chute is yentirely held within the casing so that no indication is given of the interiorconstruction of the device by the appearance of the exterior. Furthermore it will be noted that in each instance the chutes communicate with each other by lateral openings so that the movement necessary to deposit the coin involves tilting the device in three directions, that is to say, iirst depressing the end of what may be termed the primary chute, then tilting the chutes laterally, and then depressing the terminalV endof what may be termed the secondary chute.

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kind described, and for the purpose specified.'

It is obvious that many minor changes may be made in the form and construction of this device without departing from the material principles thereof, and it is therefore not wished to confine the invention to the exact forni herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as properly come Within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

1. ln a bank of the kind described,'a casing having an inlet slot therein, a chute within the casing leading from the inlet slot and extending across the casing, and

a second chute extending parallel to the first chute and communicating therewith by a lateral opening, said chutes lying in spaced relation to the lateral sides of the casing whereby coins lying on the side of the casing will be spaced from said chutes.

2. In a bank of the kind described, a casing having an inlet slot therein, a chute within theucasing leading from the inlet slot and extending across the casing, a second chute extending parallel to the first chute and communicating therewith by a lateral opening, and means to preventvthe replacement of the coin in the chute, said chutes lying in spaced relation to the lateral sides of the casing whereby coins lying on the side of the casing will be spaced from said chutes.

in its bottom to permit the coin passing out ot' the chute, said chutes lying in'spaced relation to the lateral sides of the casing whereby coins lying on the side of the casing will be spaced from said chutes.

4L. ln a bank ot the' kind described, a casing having a vertically disposed coin inlet in one side wall, a chute having its'longest cross section vertical extending across the casing from the inlet, and a second chute lying side by side with the first mentioned chute and communicating therewith by a lateral opening at the end remote from the inlet, said second chute having an opening in its bottom to permit the coin passing out of thc chute, said second chute being provided with stop means to prevent the ret-urn of coins therethrough, said chutes lying in spaced relation to the lateral sides of the casing whereby coins lying on the side of the easing will be spaced from said chutes.

In testimony whereof l hereunta atlx my signature in presence of tivo witnesses.

MEREDITH Gr. STANDLEY, Witnesses W. A. Hroxs, L. R. HICKS. 

